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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

[Jeju Update] [Translation] Controversy on Disposal: [Former Island Government] Sold the Lands to the Navy Without the Villagers’ Agreement

____________________________________________________________# See the related blogs on 관련 블로그들April 19, June 9, June 10, June 17, and June 26__________________________________________________________________________# See all the blogs on the Jeju naval Base Issue (149 on the date of July 6, 2010)______________________________________________________________________* Below is the arbitrary translation of the link.

△ 강정주민과 토지주들이 6일 도청을 방문해 매각사실을 항의하고 있다.△ The Gangjeong villagers and landowners are protesting against the fact of the disposal, visiting the Island Hall on March 6, 2010.(* Image source: same as the link)

제주특별자치도가 강정지역 농로와 일부 사유지를 동의가 완전히 이뤄지지 않은 상태에서 용도 폐지시킨 후 국방부에 매각한 것으로 드러나 논란이 일고 있다.There is the controversy because it was revealed that the Jeju Special Self-Governing Island Government, after abolishing the usages of the farm roads and portion of the private lands in the Gangjeong area, had disposed them to the Ministry of National Defense during the stage in which the agreement was not totally realized.

강정마을회와 해당 지역 토지주들은 6일 오전 도청 세정과를 방문해 동의없이 진행된 농로 매각에 대해 격렬하게 항의했다.

The Gangjeong Vilage People’s Council and landowners in the areas, visiting the Tax Administration of the Island Hall in the morning of July 6, fiercely protested against the disposal of the farm roads without [their] agreement.

Kang Dong-Kyun, Mayor of the Gangjeong Village People’s Council saying, “ We became to know that our farm roads in the village had become to be owned by the Ministry of National Defense, only yesterday(July 5), told that “ The landowners who have not agreed with (the disposal) are repelling against it.

The Tax administration of the Island Hall disposed to the Ministry of National Defense, the areas of 2714-1, 2859-9, City of Seogwipo, which is about 8,000 ㎡ and which had been abolished of their usages, on the date of March 9, [2010].

The abolishment of usage means to alter the administrative property to the general property. Namely, [The Tax administration of the Island Hall] changed the regional farm roads that had been belong to the City of Seogwipo and sold them to the Ministry of National Defense.

A personnel in the City of Seogwipo saying, “ In case of the procedures for the abolishment of usage, most of then are requested by the civilian personnel” told that, “Like this case, that of the large size land that is linked to the national policies seems to be realized by the requests from the navy or the Island.”

However, according to the item 2, article 8, 'the rule on the disposal on the office works on the abolishment of the usage of the nation-owned properties,' disposal of the usage is prohibited in case that ‘civilian opinions are remarkably brought out due to the abolishment of usage.”

It is the attitude that can be only seen as the ‘unilateral’ disposal in the situation when the ‘naval base’ issue, while it is not exaggeration to say it is the biggest issue in the Island, has still been mattered.

Further, it was revealed that, even on the parts of the private lands, the procedures have been stepped without their landowners’ agreement. A landowner who visited the Island hall told that, “ The three parcels of my land near the roads have become to be owned by the Ministry of National Defense.”

이런 과정이 논란이 되는 것은 강정지역에 대한 강제토지수용절차의 ‘명분쌓기’가 주된 이유라는 분석이다.

There is the analysis that the reason that such process becomes the controversy is because of the ‘accumulation of the causes’ for the procedure of the enforcement on the land expropriation in the Gangjeong area.

Village Mayor, Kang saying, “Currently the rates of the lands against price, negotiated (with the navy) and not-negotiated are 50% each,” explained that, “Since after the disposal of the farm roads this time, the rate of the not-negotiated lands would rise up to 60%, the navy would, with the pretext of it, step on the procedures of the enforcement of the land expropriation.”

# Translator note: Most of the landowners of the negotiated lands are the people outside the village, who have no ethical concern with the naval base issue. Most of the landowners in the Gangjeong village and some landowners outside the village who occupy about 64 among the 104 landowners who own the lands in Gangjeong, have strongly resisted against the disposal of lands.

Even though the land size of the not-negotiated is 132,000 ㎡, tight with the negotiated which is 145,000 ㎡, if added with the disposed farm loads of 8,000 ㎡, it would be beyond half.

결국 주민들 몰래 팔아넘겨 절차를 진행시키겠다는 속셈이라 다름없다.

Eventually, it is nothing but an ulterior move that [the former Island Government and the navy] have intended to process the procedures by selling the lands without the villagers’ knowledge.

또한 이번에 매각된 농로는 오로지 농사를 위해 자신의 땅을 모아 서귀포시 소유로 만든 도로다.

Further, the roads that have been disposed this time have been the roads that the farmers have made owned by the City of Seogwipo (where Gangjeong belongs to), by colleting their lands only for farming.

The [Former Island Government] will not be able to avoid the criticism that it has not distinguished the means and methods for its purpose, only by the fact that it was owned by the City Hall, if it has abolished the usage of land without the villagers’ agreement.

Furthermore, the farm roads are the necessary things for the farmers. According to the Gangjeong villagers, the farm roads that have currently been disposed are, blocked by the wire fences, and cannot be used for any moves.

절차상의 문제점도 피할 수 없다. 2월초부터 용도 폐지 과정을 진행됐고, 매각이 승인이 이뤄진 것은 3월9일이다.

The problem of the procedures cannot be avoided. It has been processed since early February and it was March 9 that the disposal was allowed.

It is the part that the former Island Government’s will to solve the naval base issue with negotiation and conversation could be suspected, seeing it has dealt with the procedures in the way of blitzkrieg, without the process of collecting the opinions during the period when the shift of the Island government has been left with only about three months.

이와 관련해 도청 부광진 세정과장은 “종합적으로 사안을 정리해 도지사에게 보고하겠다”며 구체적인 입장표명을 피했다.

Relating to it, Bu Gwang-Jin, the Director of the Tax Administration department in the Island Hall, avoided his concrete expression of position, saying, “After arranging all the items, I will report to [the new Island Governor].”

현재 강정마을주민들은 "도지사의 답변이 있을 때까지 이 자리에서 지키고 있겠다"며 도청에서 대기하고 있는 상황이다.

It is the situation in which the Gangjeong villagers are watching and waiting in the Island Hall, saying, “We will keep this place until there is the answer from the [new] Island governor.”

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